Carroll Elementary

Set in Elk Grove, California, Carroll Elementary is a heavily attended elementary campus, one of the schools within Elk Grove Unified. It teaches 854 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 84% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 67 schools in Elk Grove Unified (63,232 students total), Carroll Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Carroll Elementary lists that 46% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% White, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at Carroll Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Carroll Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 46.6%; this one delivers 67.3%, a residual of +20.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household income runs about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Carroll Elementary is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Toby Johnson Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Carroll Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 1,033 students in 2018 compared to 854 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 20% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

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